Forks Township teen crashes Mazda on top of school bus

An Easton Area High School student crashed his sedan on top of a school bus

A 17-year-old Forks Township driver went airborne Friday morning and crashed on top of a school bus in Wilson Borough.

Borough police said the Easton Area High School student was driving westbound on Wood Avenue around 7 a.m. when he appeared to get into an altercation with another vehicle, said Chief Steve Parkansky. The student sped up and illegally pulled into the opposite lane to pass him before he saw the oncoming school bus, which had just dropped off students at the school.

The student, whom Parkansky declined to identify because of his age, swerved back into his lane but lost control of his white Mazda 3. The sedan crossed back over the double yellow line, onto an embankment and landed onto the roof and passenger side of the school bus, Parkansky said.

Parkansky said the school bus driver and another teenager in the Mazda's front passenger seat suffered minor injuries.

The student driver received four traffic citations, including careless driving, driving on the wrongside of the roadway and traveling at an unsafe speed. Parkansky said investigators do not believe drugs or alcohol played any roll in the crash.